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The
power
of
transparency:
Social
business
practices
in
the
development
sector
by
Carol
Sumner,
IBM
Senior
Accelerated
Value
Leader
Social
business
practices
lead
to
improved
outcomes,
whether
that
is
in
the
business
world
or
the
non-profit
sector.
I've
recently
caught
on
to
the
TED
talks
and
was
struck
by
one
about
... [ + Read more ]

The
Dutch
Circle
Party
by
Femke
Goedhart,
Business
Consultant,
Silverside
I
love
how
cultures
have
their
own
unique
peculiarities
and
coming
from
the
Netherlands
I
dare
say
that
our
Dutch
culture
has
its
fair
share.
One
of
which,
apart
from
our
“Dutch
directness”,
our
love
for
bikes,
and
our
constant
struggle
... [ + Read more ]

How
my
day
has
changed
since
becoming
a
social
employee
By
Carol
Sumner,
IBM
Senior
Accelerated
Value
Leader
I've
been
doing
my
current
job,
Accelerated
Value
Leader,
for
about
eight
years
(it
hasn't
always
been
called
that).
I
know
that's
a
long
time
to
stay
in
one
job,
but
I
really
... [ + Read more ]

The
Art
of
Feedback
by
Femke
Goedhart,
Business
Consultant,
Silverside
I
got
some
really
valuable
feedback
lately
about
some
of
the
blogging
I've
been
doing,
and
it
has
showed
me
once
more
how
important
it
is
to
ask
for,
and
get
feedback
when
blogging.
Blogging
can
be
quite
a
lonely
process
... [ + Read more ]

The
Social
Media
Wars
(Part
1
of
2)By
Holly
NielsenSocial
Media
Manager
and
Webmaster,
Human
Ability
and
Accessibility
The
world
of
online
social
media
and
networking
is
fast-moving
and
fluid.
New
applications
and
platforms
are
released
daily.
Thousands
of
experts
write
an
endless
number
of
articles
telling
you
what
you
should
... [ + Read more ]

Five
new
social
networking
applications:
Cool
or
creepy?
By
Brandi
Boatner,
IBM
Global
Business
Services
and
Holly
Nielsen,
Human
Ability
and
Accessibility
The
different
ways
social
networking
can
connect
people
is
constantly
expanding,
with
new
applications
announced
daily.
There
are
so
many
new
ideas
and
technologies,
privacy
laws
can’t
begin
to
keep
... [ + Read more ]

Social
Media
Tutoring
for
Execs
by
Carol
Sumner,
IBM
Senior
Accelerated
Value
Leader
One
of
the
best
things
about
a
social
enterprise
is
the
open
communication
between
different
levels
in
the
hierarchy.
Primarily
this
happens
through
status
updates,
where
people
ask
questions,
share
resources
(articles,
tips,
alerts),
announce
what
they
are
working
... [ + Read more ]

The
Social
Media
Wars
(Part
2
of
2)
By
Holly
Nielsen,
Social
Media
Manager
and
Webmaster,
Human
Ability
and
Accessibility
In
the
Social
Media
Wars
(Part
1
of
2)
I
defined
the
terms
of
social
media,
social
networking
and
social
business,
reviewed
why
you
might
want
to
include
social
media
channels
in
... [ + Read more ]

Top
5
Reasons
Not
to
Send
That
Calendar
Invite
By
Martin
Keen,
IBM
Redbooks
Project
Leader
We
all
have
the
experience
of
using
items
in
ways
for
which
they
were
never
intended.
Sometimes
this
works
great
–
a
paper
clip
makes
a
perfect
tool
for
pressing
reset
switches;
a
coin
can
... [ + Read more ]

Social
Leadership:
Food
for
ThoughtBy
Femke
Goedhart,
Business
Consultant,
Silverside
A
few
weeks
back,
a
person
I
value
greatly
shared
a
video
with
me
while
we
were
discussing
how
to
start
moving
a
company
into
becoming
a
social
business:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ
It
depicts
the
process
of
leadership
and
how
to
start
a
... [ + Read more ]

Son
in
Space:
How
Social
Media
Helped
Send
My
Son
into
Space
By
Carol
Sumner,
BM
Senior
Accelerated
Value
Leader
@Sumnercl1
On
May
31,
SpaceX,
a
commercial
space
company,
is
scheduled
to
bring
home
the
first
private
space
capsule
to
dock
with
the
International
Space
Station.
This
marks
a
new
era
in
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Singing
about
social
(or
is
it
just
me)
Ben
Martin,
Social
Business
Enablement
Leader
UKI
If
you
know
me,
you
know
I
am
addicted
to
work,
I
am
pretty
much
online
most
of
the
time.
Often
the
voice
inside
my
head,
typically
my
wife,
is
"you're
not
on
the
clock
now
... [ + Read more ]

New
paradigm
for
medical
research?
Patient-initiated
research
By
Carol
Sumner,
IBM
Senior
Accelerated
Value
Leader@sumnercl1
Social
business
is
not
just
a
change
of
tools.
Who
cares
if
you're
using
a
database,
a
spreadsheet,
or
a
good
old
fashioned
notebook?
All
of
those
are
tools
used
in
the
process
of
getting
things
... [ + Read more ]

Food
for
thought…
The
telephone
game
Femke
Goedhart,
Business
Consultant,
Silverside
@FemkeGoedhart
As
kids,
most
of
us
will
have
at
one
time
played
the
“telephone”
game.
The
game
where
you
sit
in
a
circle
and
one
person
whispers
a
message
into
the
ear
of
the
person
sitting
next
to
him
who
then